Diversity,Disruption, Continuity: Parenting and Social and Emotional Wellbeing Amongst Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islanders |
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| Authors: | Fiona Heath Dr William Bor Jenny Thompson Leonie Cox |
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| Institution: | 1. Mater Private Hospital, Brisbane, Australia;2. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This paper reviews the diversity in parenting values and practices amongst Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. First, issues arising from the historical traumatic disruption of families' attachments are discussed. Then the contribution Indigenous parenting makes to the development of healthy and vulnerable individuals becomes the central focus. Family therapists can draw from a broad understanding of the diversity of parenting values and practices in the context of a strength‐based approach. |
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| Keywords: | Aboriginal peoples Torres Strait Islanders parenting resilience |
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